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The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was kept secret from the public to prevent interference. Details were finally released to the public in 1840.

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The Framers at the Philadelphia Convention kept the discussions secret because they grasped the sensitivity of the issues they had come to discuss.

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They didnt want the Russians finding out

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